Retrial for The Man Who Sued God
Larry Charles set to remake Billy Connolly film
30/05/2014 … The Billy Connolly film The Man Who Sued God is set to be remade by Curb Your Enthusiasm and Borat director Larry Charles.
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Fri 30 May 2014
Lost Hitchhikers' Guide scenes discovered
Revealed in new Douglas Adams biography
30/05/2014 … Unseen work from Douglas Adams, including material cut from The Hitchhiker's Guide novels, are to be published in a new biography.
A foot under the hammer
30/05/2014 … •'Whatever you say, any joke you make about the gay community, it's going to be misconstrued.
Another TV exec joins Chortle conference
Dave commissioner now on panel
30/05/2014 … UKTV commissioning editor Iain Coyle has joined the broadcasting panel at the Chortle Conference.
Fubar Radio loses another comic...
Vikki Stone follows Richard Herring out the door
30/05/2014 … Vikki Stone has followed Richard Herring in quitting the subscription-only Fubar Radio.
Sitcom for Sammy J and Randy
30/05/2014 … Australian comic Sammy J and his puppet sidekick Randy are to make their own TV series.
Club calls police to eject heckler
'There was only so much the audience could take'
30/05/2014 … Heckling got so bad at one comedy club that police had to be called to eject the troublesome punter.
Thu 29 May 2014
Catastrophe to hit C4
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan sitcom ordered
29/05/2014 … Channel 4 has ordered a full series of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's sitcom Catastrophe.